Byrd Head
Byrd Head is a conspicuous, rocky headland on the Mawson Coast 1 mi southeast of Colbeck Archipelago, just west of Howard Bay. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who named it for R.Byrd Head
- Cape
- Description: headland on the Mawson Coast
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-67.45417° or 67° 27′ 15″ south
Longitude
61.02528° or 61° 1′ 31″ east
Open location code
3J43G2WG+84
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Byrd Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Byrd Head”
- Chinese: “伯德角”
- Dutch: “Byrd Head”
- German: “Byrd Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Byrd Head”
- Swedish: “Byrd Head”
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Highlights include Reynolds, Lake and Chapman Ridge.
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